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| Clerk found guilty of pocketing $26G at jail |
| By Delaware County Times |
| Published: 04/04/2005 |
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Sandra Denise Belt testified that when she was hired as a clerk handling inmates' money for the Wackenhut Corp. that ran Delaware County's (Pa.) prison, she told officials that she wasn't good with numbers. "I told them when I took this job I transposed numbers real bad," she said. Belt, 36, of Colmesneil, Texas, was found guilty last Tuesday of charges she pocketed more than $26,000 while working at the Thornbury-based facility. Following the verdict, Belt was handcuffed and taken off to prison to await sentencing. The judge raised her bail from 10 percent of $10,000 to $10,000 cash bail. "We're disappointed,'' said defense attorney Edward Weiss, who said he would ask that she be moved out of the county facility, where she formally worked and where her husband once served as a deputy warden. Assistant District Attorney Gregory Hurchalla, who heads the white-collar crimes unit, asked that bail be revoked because Belt lives out of state and once failed to appear for court. He said he would seek more than two years in jail for Belt, which is within the state-recommended guidelines. The jury of five men and seven women deliberated about three hours before finding her guilty of charges of theft by deception, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and unlawful use of a computer. |
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